title: Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance--United States, third quarter, 1997.
abstract: CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance program (ABLES) monitors laboratory-reported elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) among adults in the United States. During 1997, a total of 27 states reported surveillance data to ABLES. This report presents ABLES data for the first three quarters of 1997 and compares these data with the first three quarters of 1996.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007854:Lead